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Re:Dreamwidth Banned by PayPal in 2008 for Refusing to Censo... by wyager on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:54PM (#15100049)
While I agree with this reasoning, I wish it was used consistently; on other issues, people here frequently bring up things like redlining or (hypothetical) refusal of services in rural areas as examples of why companies shouldn't be allowed to choose their customers.
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Re:Dreamwidth Banned by PayPal in 2008 for Refusing to Censo... by lr4444lr on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:20PM (#15100348)
As far as I have ever found in the literature, redlining was an outcome of financial risk calculations, not based on discriminatory racial ideology.
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Re:Dreamwidth Banned by PayPal in 2008 for Refusing to Censo... by wyager on Friday August 25, 2017 @04:50PM (#15102126)
This is true, but people still took issue with it because (as far as I can tell) they believe anything that happens to end up effectively along racial lines is racist regardless of intent. This is also orthogonal to the question, which is whether businesses should be allowed to choose their customers.
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